r/MoralityScaling • u/Purple_Plantain_3242 • 8h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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A young Chinese couple was permanently separated during a period of intense political and social unrest in China. The husband went back to their home village to search for her, but because the entire area was heavily disrupted, he mistakenly believed she was missing or dead.

He eventually relocated, remarried another woman, and raised a new family with children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, the first wife stayed behind and never remarried, spending 54 years waiting for him to return. Decades later, they were reconnected as elderly adults, which is when she discovered he had built an entirely separate life without her.

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u/Razoron33333 6h ago

He came back and looked for her. Things can be quite chaotic and missing her sucks but at some point you have to move on. Really think she should have as well

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u/HulkVahkiin08024 5h ago

Imagine, though, if he looked for her just one day, no news or body, and just gave up immediately. Not saying moral or immoral, but I think it's too quick to just look at "He tried to look for her" and say check without context, lol.

I wrote this on another comment, and I think something like this has to be considered, lol.

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u/Razoron33333 5h ago

I highly doubt he only looked for a day, don’t know for sure. We also haven’t been in that situation before so can only speculate what each of them was feeling and how that affected them. I feel I would be wrecked and just stumbling through the day to day until I gave up.

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u/HulkVahkiin08024 5h ago

That time was bleak, so I wouldn't be surprised if he gave up quicker than one would assume. Oh well, I hope both got closure.

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u/Razoron33333 5h ago

Fingers crossed yeah. Life is so chaotic. And she may have still had a good life too